Mighty Mouse
I’m a Mighty Mouse user…this mouse simply rocks! Apple did a great job designing this mouse. It fits very good into a hand, looks very simple and is really useful. Apple always had a one button mouse. The Mighty Mouse still looks like one, and it’s configured as a one-button mouse by default. But it can be configured as a 4 button mouse as well. I really like that design!
One thing that I really love is the scroll-ball, very small, fits perfect under the finger and scrolls very nicely…even with a cool clicking that you can even feel with your fingers.
One thing that I really hate is the scroll-ball, too small, catches all the dirt from your finger and fails to scroll when it’s too dirty…and no clicking that can be heard or felt then.
Yesterday I wanted to clean my Mighty Mouse’ scroll-ball for the second time. I noticed that the glue that I used for sealing the case, was a bit too strong. The original glue kinda snapped off under some pressure, but the glue I used when I cleaned the Mighty Mouse for the first time was different and didn’t want to snap off as well.
It was a pain to put the small scroll-ball in place again after I finished the cleaning. Unfortunately the conductor that connects the scroll-ball to the logic-board tore apart and now the scroll-ball doesn’t work at all. It’s a pity, cause there’s no way for me to fix this, and now I have to work without my Mighty Mouse.
Amazon already got the order for a new one, I hope they deliver till tuesday 🙁
Karsten
June 4th, 2007 at 5:19
Yeah the Mighty Mouse might be great but the scrollball becomes unusable too easily. I cannot use mine from some time now and don’t feel like opening it..I hope they revise the design to at least make it open easily!
June 4th, 2007 at 6:24
well, i opened it once and i didn’t think it would break like this… without the scroll-ball the mouse is useless to me, so trying to open it was the option i choose then… next time i have to be more careful…. i hope the new mouse will be working for a longer time.
June 4th, 2007 at 15:35
Hm, I’d wait with buying a new mighty mouse until apple releases the one with “touch-recognition” instead of the scroll ball. there’s some rumors (and patents) that apple will release a mouse that will recognize in which direction you want to scroll without a scroll-ball or anything…
June 4th, 2007 at 15:35
I had a mighty mouse, and when the scroll wheel got dirty, I went to clean it, and broke the ring around the edge of the mouse. I just was never happy with this thing, except the novelty of it. I’m back sing my logitech mouse (makers of the BEST mouse IMO), and I’d never buy one again. But that’s just me.
June 4th, 2007 at 15:45
well going for unrelease products is not really something i’d like to do, cause you simply never know when/if they will really be released. I donno how long the new mouse will work, but i’m just too used to working with a mighty mouse to wait for new release or to use a different mouse. At the moment i have a small logitech notebook mouse and it’s a pain to use it. It’s just way to small for my big hands.
June 4th, 2007 at 18:43
Moving parts often lead to problems. That’s why I love my 3G iPod which has no moving parts (except for the hard drive, of course): http://guides.macrumors.com/iPod_(3G)
June 15th, 2007 at 15:32
I guess it’s too late for you now, but i’ve found the easiest and fastest way to clean the scroll ball is DEAD SIMPLE: flip your mouse over, and drag it around in circles (upside-down) on your mousepad! This seems to de-gunk the ball pretty well. You’ll know it’s clean when the view in your window starts scrolling in all 4 directions again.